§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the numbers of(a) 16-year-olds and (b) 17-year-olds who stayed on at school, non-advanced further education or higher education in the current year; and what percentage these totals represented of the estimated total population in these age groups in Scotland in 1989.
1986 1987 16-year-olds 17-year-olds 16-year-olds 17-year-olds Activity at autumn number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. number per cent. Full-time education: School 48,600 59 19,200 23 48,600 61 19,400 24 Non-advanced FE (excluding YTS) 3,600 4 5,200 6 3,100 4 4,500 5 Higher education — — 3,500 4 100 — 3,400 4 Youth training scheme 17,100 21 13,700 16 16,500 21 19,700 24 Unemployed and claiming benefit 7,700 9 15,400 18 7,100 9 11,800 14 Other (including employment) 5,300 6 26,800 32 4,200 5 23,300 28 Total population 82,400 100 83,800 100 79,600 100 82,000 100 Notes:
1. School pupils include some 16-year-olds who were too young to leave school the previous session.
2. Many of the young people on YTS are also participating in part-time non-advanced FE.
3. Because of rounding the columns may not sum to the totals shown.
Note—Similar information for earlier years is not readily available.